Talk 337.
Mr K. R. V. Iyer: How is the mind to be purified?M.: The sastras say: "By karma, bhakti [?] and so on". My attendant asked the same question once before. He was told, "By karma dedicated to God". It is not enough that one thinks of God while doing the karma, but one must continually and unceasingly think of Him. Then alone will the mind become pure. The attendant applies it to himself and says, "It is not enough that I serve Sri Bhagavan physically. But I must unceasingly remember Him". To another person, who asked the same question, Bhagavan said: Quest of the Self, meaning, `I am-the-body' idea must vanish. (Atma
vichara [?] = disappearance of dehatma buddhi [?]).
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